Will the Minister of CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS be pleased to state:
(a) whether the Government has any proposal for establishing new Urea/ Fertilizer units of “Advanced Technology” in the country, specially in West Bengal;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) if not, the reasons therefor; and
(d) whether this proposal will help to ensure rejuvenation of the fertilizer sector and if so, the details thereof?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT & HIGHWAYS, SHIPPING AND CHEMICALS & FERTILIZERS
(SHRI MANSUKH. L. MANDAVIYA)
(a) to (c): Government of India is reviving 5 closed fertilizer plants of Fertilizer Corporation of India Ltd. (FCIL) and Hindustan Fertilizer Corporation Ltd. (HFCL) namely Talcher, Ramagundam, Gorakhpur and Sindri plants of FCIL and Barauni plant of HFCL by setting up new Ammonia Urea plants of 12.7 Lakh metric tonne per annum capacity each, in the following states:-
Sl No. Name of Fertilizer plant Name of location & State where plant is located
1 Talcher Fertilizers Ltd. Talcher, Odisha
2 Ramagundam Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd. Ramagundam, Telangana
3 HundustanUrvarak & Rasayan Ltd. (HURL) Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh
4 HundustanUrvarak & Rasayan Ltd. (HURL) Sindri, Jharkhand
5 Hundustan Urvarak & Rasayan Ltd. (HURL) Barauni, Bihar
In addition to above, Cabinet on 21.05.2015 approved the setting up of a new Ammonia- Urea complex of 8.646 LMTPA capacity at Namrup within the existing premises of Brahmaputra Valley Fertilizer Corporation Limited (BVFCL).
(d): The aforesaid proposal upon implementation/ operation will bridge the gap between demand and supply of fertilizer/ urea in the country, and will rejuvenate the fertilizer sector. The production capacity of each of above 5 plants is 12.7 Lakh metric tonne per annum. Subsequent to commissioning/ start of the above plants, the indigenous urea production will be enhanced by 72.146 lakh metric tonne per year leading to huge reduction in import of urea.
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